Past Productions
Productions by The Original Society 1933 The Farmer's Wife 1934 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 1935 Tilly of Bloomsbury 1936 Barnett's Folly 1937 The Late Christopher Bean 1938 Yellow Sands
Productions by The Present Society 1950 A Hundred Years Old 1951 A Bit of Land + Wild Olives + There's No Problem
Bonaventure1952 The Tinsel Duchess + Orphée + Everybody Comes to Mabel
Fresh Fields1953 Arms and The Man
The Holly and The Ivy1954 Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure
Major Barbara
The Middle Watch1955 The Spell + Love in The Ape House + Interlude + The Spartan Girl
Catherine Parr + Waters of The Moon1956 You Touched Me 1957 ? 1958 See How They Run 1959 Sailor Beware 1960 Touch and Go 1961 Job for The Boy 1962 A Letter to My Love
The Paper Chain1963 The Paragon
Fools Rush In1964 Wanted - One Body
Tony + The Valiant + Ye Gods1965 Man for The Job
Pools Paradise1966 The Peaceful Inn
When We Are Married1967 To Settle for Murder
Wild Goose Chase1968 Dry Rot
The Secret Tent1969 Brides of March
Breath of Spring1970 Breakfast in Bed
Search By Night1971 And This Was Odd
Strike Happy1972 The House by The Lake
Post Horn Gallop1973 The Captives
Bonaventure1974 Running Riot
Cat on The Fiddle1975 Book of The Month
The Iron Duchess1976 Verdict
Life with The Girls1977 Dick Whittington (by Geoff Gibbens and John Larkham)
Ladies in Retirement1978 Aladdin (by Geoff Gibbens and John Larkham)
Angels in Love
Flarepath1979 Mother Goose (by Geoff Gibbens and Phil Haslehurst)
The Whole Truth
Forced Landing1980 Jack and The Beanstalk (by Geoff Gibbens and John Larkham)
The Noble Spaniard
Thriller of The Year1981 Sinbad The Sailor (by John Morley)
Passion, Poison and Petrifaction [AETF]
Harlequinade + Passion, Poison and Petrifaction
The Tax Payer’s Waltz1982 Sleeping Beauty (by Geoff Gibbens and John Larkham)
Audition for A Writer [AETF]
Brush with A Body
A Tomb with A View1983 Cinderella by Geoff Gibbens and John Larkham
The Form [AETF]
Shadow in The Sun
Score + Countdown + Rock Bottom + Gosforth’s Fête1984 Babes in The Wood (by John Morley)
The Laboratory [AETF]
The Chalk Garden
Beyond A Joke1985 Butter for The King (children) (by E V Weatherley)
A Play for Yesterday [AETF]
Relatively Speaking
The Accrington Pals1986 Wind in The Willows
Better Days, Better Knights [AETF]
Ten Times Table
Night Must Fall1987 A Bargaining Point + The Chinese Pendant + The Wizard of Oz (children)
Local Affairs
Panic Stations1988 The Thoughtless Duchess + Farmer Tumbledown’s Pig (children)
The Suitor [AETF]
Mother Figure + Between Mouthfuls + A Talk in The Park (all from Confusions)
Wolfsbane1989 Robinson Crusoe (by John Morley)
Time and Time Again
The Stolen Prince + Dreamjobs + The Tram Track Tragedy [Children’s Show]
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society production
of The Haunted Through Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook at Farndale Castle1990 Aladdin (by Norman Robbins)
A Betrothal [AETF]
A Murder Is Announced
Key for Two1991 Dick Whittington (by John Morley)
The Proposal [AETF]
Hay Fever
Under Milk Wood1992 Cinderella (by John Morley)
Danube Moon [AETF]
Pack of Lies
Lady Windermere’s Fan1993 Santa in Space (by Paul Reakes)
Killing Her [AETF]
Blithe Spirit
Bedroom Farce1994 Puss in Boots (by John Morley)
The Politician’s Wife [AETF]
The Cure for Love
The Script + The Mourning after The Time Before [Summer event]
Run for Your Wife1995 Little Miss Muffet (by Paul Reakes)
Moving On [AETF]
Absurd Person Singular
Nasty Neighbours1996 Jack and The Beanstalk (by John Larkham)
Flowers for Algernon [AETF]
A Month of Sundays1997 Red Riding Hood (by John Morley - Revised)
Outside Edge
Table Manners1998 Ali-Baba and The(rather less than) Forty Thieves (by John Larkham)
I Spy (by John Mortimer) [AETF]
A Brace of Spies: I Spy (by John Waterhouse) + I Spy (by John Mortimer)
When We Are Married1999 Sinbad The Sailor (by John Morley)
Habeas Corpus
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime2000 Humpty Dumpty (by Norman Robbins)
Two [AETF]
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society production of Macbeth
Sand Castles2001 Santa and The Vikings (by Paul Reakes)
Riddle In The Sand + Bottled Spider
’Allo ’Allo2002 Our James [AETF]
Nightmare: The Fright of Your Life
The Throne [Summer event]2003 Cinderella (by Stuart Arden and Bob Heather)
Alphabetical Order
Three monologues from Talking Heads:
A Chip in the Sugar
Bed Among the Lentils
A Lady of Letters2004 The Sleeping Beauty (by Judy Shone)
Are You Being Served?2005 Dick Whittington (by John Morley)
Wyrd Sisters
Hay Fever2006 King Arthur (by Paul Reakes)
The Rocky Monster Show [Young people’s theatre workshop]
Three one-act plays from A Seat in The Park:
See if I Care
Night Song
Still Life2007 Aladdin (by Geoff Gibbens and John Larkham - Revised)
See if I Care [AETF]
Night Song [AETF]
Olivia [Young people’s theatre workshop]
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery2008 Snow White (by Norman Robbins - adapted by Peter Tyler)
Background Artiste [AETF and Spring - part of joint production with Black Sheep Theatre Group]
John Diamond [Young people’s theatre workshop]
The Ghost Train2009 Dick Turpin (by Peter Webster)
Mort - The Play (by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs)
Beach Party USA [Young people’s theatre workshop]
An Evening of Classic Comedy:
A Touch of Class (from Fawlty Towers)
The Missing Page (from Hancock’s Half Hour)
Waldorf Salad (from Fawlty Towers)
2010 Puss in Boots (by Alan Brown)
The Monkey’s Paw [AETF] (by W W Jacobs, adapted by Peter Tyler)
Witchwood [Young people’s theatre workshop]
We Found Love and an Exquisite Set of Porcelain Figurines aboard the SS Farndale Avenue (by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr)2011 A Christmas Carol (by Nicholas Moore, adapted by Peter Tyler)
The Importance of Being Earnest (by Oscar Wilde)
Dazzle [Young people’s theatre workshop] (by John Gardiner and Andrew Parr)
Beauty and The Beast (by Limelight Scripts)2012 The Three Musketeers [Young people’s theatre workshop] (adapted by Mark Rudd)
The Pompeii Panto (by Jim Sperinck)2013 Ladies’ Day (by Amanda Whittington) 2014 Cinderella (by Jim Sperinck)
Robin Hood and Friends [Young people’s theatre workshop] (by Debbie Campbell)
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